Keizo Nakanishi

Keizo Nakanishi
中西圭三
Keizo Nakanishi 中西圭三
Born	11 November 1964 (age 60); Minami-ku, Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Genres	J-pop; soft rock; album-oriented rock; rhythm and blues; soul; jazz fusion;
Occupations	Singer-songwriter; composer;
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Pioneer LDC (1991–2001); Universal J (2002–03); NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan (2004–06); VAP (2008); Tower Records (2011); AtoNO Records/Music United (2014); Warner Music Japan (2016–);

Keizo Nakanishi (中西圭三, Nakanishi Keizō, born 11 November 1964, in Nadasaki, Kojima District (now Minami-ku, Okayama), Okayama Prefecture)^[1] is a Japanese singer-songwriter and composer. He graduated from Okayama Prefectural Kurashiki Amagi High School and Nihon University College of Economics.^[a]

In 2017, Nakanishi participated as a guest artist at the annual touring ice show Fantasy on Ice in Makuhari. He performed in the show opening to the song "Choo Choo Train [ja]" amongst others.^[2]

Discography

Singles

	Year	Title
1st	1991	"Tangerine Eyes"
2nd	1991	"Kataomoi no Birthday"
3rd	1992	"Woman"
4th		"Kimi wa Kimi no Hokori"
5th		"Ticket To Paradise"
6th		"Ano Sora o Wasurenai"
7th		"Kimi no iru Hoshi"
8th	1993	"You And I"
9th		"Nemurenu Omoi"
10th		"Tatta hitotsu no Ai o"
11th	1994	"A.C.E."
12th		"Hijō Kaidan (Radio Mix)"
13th		"Hijō Kaidan (Hyper-Radio Mix)"
14th		"Kiss, Merry X'mas"
15th	1995	"Atarashī Boku ni narou"
16th		"So Bad"
17th		"Why Goodbye (Single Mix)"
18th	1996	"Must Be Heaven"
19th		"Happy Ever After"
20th		"Tsugi no Yume"
21st	1997	"Sorezore no Chiheisen"
22nd		"What I Do For Love"
23rd		"Ai wa ima"
24th	1998	"Negai"
25th		"Meikyū no Rakuen (Break Out Mix)"
26th		"Jack-In-The-Box '98"
27th	1999	"Kaze no Tobira"
28th		"Higher Self"
29th		"Touch of your lips"
30th	2000	"bug"
31st	2006	"Lighthouse Of Love –Keizo Nakanishi-Yae-Shinji Harada"

Original albums

	Year	Title
1st	1991	Keizo –Kanawanai Yume mo atta
2nd	1992	Yell
3rd	1993	Steps
4th	1994	Starting Over
5th	1995	graffiti
6th	1997	Spinning
7th	1998	Stay Gold
8th	1998	Songs
9th	1999	Moonlight Groove
10th	1999	Sunshine Groove
11th	2002	Kesshō
12th	2003	Idenshi
13th	2006	Folklore / L.O.T.U.S. –Satoshi Ikeda, Keizo Nakanishi, Ikuyo Akasaki, New Folklore Group–
14th	2008	I'm home'

Best Albums/Compilations

	Year	Title
1st	1994	Single
2nd	1999	Selection Blood Type [AB]
3rd	2000	Singles II
4th	2001	Best Selection
5th	2004	Keizo Nakanishi complete Best Selection –Choo Choo Train–
6th	2016	All Time Best –Keizo's 25th Anniversary–

Other participation works

Year	Artist	Title
1992	the Taps	Ashita gārusa
1997	Various artists	Kyu Sakamoto Tribute Album
2000	Various artists	Hibari Misora Tribute
2004	Junko Ohashi	trinta
2005	Various artists	a day / Green hearten
2006		Angel Heart Vocal Collection Vol. 2
2008		Masashi Sada Tribute: Masashi no uta
	Aichi-ken Aisai-shi Ichi no Uta	Itsu no Hi mo
	Aichi-ken Aisai-shi Ichi no Ondo	Aisei Ondo
	Kanagawa-ken Mitoyo-shi Ichi no Uta	Shippō no kaze
	Okayama-ken Okayama-shi	Okayama Shimin no Hi
	Okayama-ken Okayama-shi	Okayama! Shimin Taisō
	Meibutsu kamado	Kama dono uta
	Mukaiya Club	21st Love Express
	Mukaiya Club	Twilight Stream

Videos & laser discs

Year	Title
1994	One From The Heart

VSD (video single discs)

Year	Title
1991	Tangerine Eyes

Music provisions

20th Century
Ayano Ahane
Namie Amuro with Super Monkey's
Black Biscuits
D-51
Dream5
Exile
Hiromi Go
Gospellers
Shoko Haida
Mayuki Hiramatsu
The Idolmaster (Hibiki Ganaha)
Satoshi Ikeda
Ai Kago
Reiko Kato
Daisuke Kawakami
Ruriko Kubo
Ken Matsudaira
Alisa Mizuki
Hiroko Mori
Mayo Nagata
Miho Nakayama
Manami Numakura
Junko Ohashi
Okaasan to Issho (Yuzo Imai, Shoko Haida, Daisuke Yokoyama, Takumi Mitani)
Ryu Si-won
Sachiko Sakurai
Kaho Shimada
Shonentai
Akihiro Sugita
Masayuki Suzuki
Yasuhiro Suzuki
Toku
Harumi Tsuyuzaki
V6
Misato Watanabe
Wink
Toshinori Yonekura
Takuro Yoshida "Banyan Beach Bar" (included in the album Hawaiian Rhapsody)
Shinobu Yoshioka
y'z factory
Zoo

Filmography

Title	Network
Uptown Square	Nack5
Keizo Nakanishi: Starting Over	JFN

NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen appearances

Year/No.	No. of times	Song	Order	Opponent
1992/43rd	1st	"Kimi no iru Hoshi"	15/28	Gao

Music videos

Director	Song
Kentaro Watanabe	"Izayoi no Tsuki"
Unknown	"A.C.E.", "Happy Ever After", "So Bad", "Ticket To Paradise", "Why Goodbye", "Woman", "You And I", "Ano Sora o Wasurenai", "Sorezore no Chiheisen", "Tangerine Eyes", "Ai wa ima", "Negai", "Tsugi no Yume", "What I Do For Love", "Hijō Kaidan"

Main live performances

Year	Title
2008	Live R35 –Mōichido, Tsuma to Utaou.–
2011	Age Free Music
2012	Live! Do You Kyoto?
	Zoo Funk TV
	Kyo Pop
2013	Keizo Nakanishi×Tsutomu Egashira "Shiwaseno Cilci 2013"
	Sweet Heart Yokohama 2013
	Shoko Inoue Concert –25-Nen-me no kiseki–
	Shoko Haida Family Concert 2013
	Live! Do You Kyoto? 2013
	Golden Ring: Charity Concert: Egakou! Suriranka no Ashita o!
2014	Live! Do You Kyoto? 2014
2014	Sapporo Music Naked presents Real Music Village 2014
2015	21st Anniversary - 2015 m.c.A.T Matsuri - "Ore Fes"
	Shiwaseno Cilci 2015
	Live! Do You Kyoto? Vol. 8
	Machiko Watanabe Nanajūnana Starlight Symphony Charity Concert
	Dai Sakakibara: Seiya no Concert special
2016	Singers 3 Valentine Concert
	Shiwaseno Cilci 2016
	Around 40 memory concert
	Keizo Nakanishi 25th Anniversary's Special Stage
	Seaside Summer Fes Umibe no Carnival 2016
	Back To The Good Days
	Kawasaki Jazz 2016
	Masao Urino: Sakushi Katsudō 35 Shūnenkinen Concert
2017	2017 m.c.A.T Matsuri - "Ore Fes"

References

^ "中西圭三". Nihon Tarento Meikan (in Japanese). VIP Times. Retrieved 19 Feb 2017.
^ Oriyama, Toshimi (June 2, 2017). 羽生結弦が五輪用に選んだショパン。世界最高得点の時との違いを分析 [Chopin chosen by Yuzuru Hanyu for the Olympics: Analysis of the difference to performance of the world's highest score] (in Japanese). Chiyoda, Tokyo: Shueisha. Archived from the original on August 29, 2020.

Notes

^ Besides Nakanishi and his senior Satoshi Ikeda joining the same university, other similar musicians went there such as Toshiki Kadomatsu.

External links

Keizo's Cafe (in Japanese)

[1] "中西圭三". Nihon Tarento Meikan (in Japanese). VIP Times. Retrieved 19 Feb 2017.

[3] Oriyama, Toshimi (June 2, 2017). 羽生結弦が五輪用に選んだショパン。世界最高得点の時との違いを分析 [Chopin chosen by Yuzuru Hanyu for the Olympics: Analysis of the difference to performance of the world's highest score] (in Japanese). Chiyoda, Tokyo: Shueisha. Archived from the original on August 29, 2020.

[2] Besides Nakanishi and his senior Satoshi Ikeda joining the same university, other similar musicians went there such as Toshiki Kadomatsu.

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